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Article: Royal Mail's warning is junk, sayswatchdog.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2006
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Byline: ANDREW LEVY
ROYAL Mail was yesterday accused of cynically manipulating customers by claiming they might not receive vital information if they opt out of junk mail.
Householders wanting to end the mountains of unsolicited letters that land on the doormat are being warned they risk missing important notices from local and central government.
These could include public health warnings such as how to deal with an outbreak of bird flu or Home Office advice about terrorist threats.
But yesterday the independent consumer body Postwatch described the threat - which angry customers say is blackmail - as 'completely untrue'.
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